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[RakeshSeelochan]

Good day,

 

I am currently working on my MSc. dissertation project which involves hydraulic debottlenecking on distillation columns. I will be conducting simulations using Hysys and an in-house university software to identify the bottleneck. My objective will be in removing the bottleneck by various techniques.

 

Can anyone provide a distillation case study covering the following with proper reference if possible:

• Feed - flow, pressure, temperature, composition. Note: A wide range of component is preferred. Such as, C1 to C8 for example
• Products - Top and Bottoms specs
• Operating conditions of column - top and bottom pressures and temperatures, reflux ratio
• Number of stages

All data should be provided for simulation on Hysys.

 

I would also like information of the tray internals such as:

• Tray type - preferably sieve
• Column diameter
• Hole diameter
• Weir height
• Weir length
• Active or bubble area
• Hole area
• Downcomer clearance and area
• Tray spacing

Thank you very much.

 

Regards,

Rakesh 

[chemproc]

I suggest you get a sample simulation from HYSYS sample files. This should be a good starting point.

 

All  you might find these two books by Henry Kister useful: Distillation Design and Distillation troubleshooting.